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WASHINGTON. ([personal profile] protocol) wrote in [community profile] forbarrayar 2017-05-09 05:05 pm (UTC)

I'm not very good at flattery.

[ Really he's very very bad at it. ]

But I assumed you were trained for what you were doing. You weren't. [ Hence his confusion at how you've never even killed anyone, a spy behind enemy lines -- at least in Wash's experience -- can't always count on the boys in Ops to swoop in and do whatever's needed, especially if it's as simple as killing one person. ] Given the circumstances, I think you did well. It didn't help that your cover was under strain.

[ A lot because of Wash himself, no less. It's not even remotely direct, but there is -- if not apology, then an acknowledgment of how much harder he made things. Somewhere in there. ]

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